πολιορκέω

poliorkeo

besiege

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book III 2
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682d6
682d6
Book IV 1
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708b4
Alcibiades II 1
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142a6
Protagoras 1
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340a2
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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453a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

πολιορκέω, fut. -ήσω X. Cyr. 7.5.12:aor. -ησα Ar. Lys. 281, Th. 1.61, etc.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι X. HG 4.8.5; in med. form -ήσομαι, Hdt. 5.34, 8.49, Th. 3.109, X. HG 7.5.18, Cyr. 6.1.15: aor. ἐπολιορκήθην Isoc. 6.57: pf. πεπολιόρκημαι (ἐκ-) Th. 7.75: (πόλις, ἕρκος):—A. besiege, Hdt. 1.17,154, Ar. V. 685, Lys. 281, etc.; οἱ πολιορκοῦντες the besiegers, opp. οἱ κατακεκλειμένοι, Isoc. 6.40:—Pass., to be besieged, in a state of siege, Hdt. 1.81, al.; ὑπό τινος ib.26; also of a fleet, to be blockaded, Isoc. 4.142; of Scamander, to be blocked, dammed back, ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως Pl. Prt. 340a. 2. metaph., π. τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φρόνημα Porph. Chr. 28:—Pass., to be besieged, pestered, ὑπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν -ούμενοι πολιορκίαν Pl. Alc. 2.142a, cf. R. 453a, X. Mem. 2.1.13, UPZ 6.33 (ii B.C.); of a banker, π. περὶ ἀργυρίου PCair.Zen. 62(a)4 (iii B.C.): in Medicine, to be blocked, Dsc. 5.6.13.

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